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Tromsų Museum: Zoologisk fagenhet

Rob Barrett

Photo: Halvard Jakobsen, NRK.

Robert T. Barrett
Associate professor in marine biology
Zoology Dep., Tromsų Museum,
Univ. of Tromsų,
N-9037 Tromsų, Norway
Tel. +47 77645013
Fax. +47 77645220
E-mail: robb@tmu.uit.no

Main research interest:
A long-term study of seabirds as top predators in the southern Barents Sea.
Among the topics studied are
* Prey availability as a regulating factor in reproduction and population dynamics. This topic addresses the effects of changes in Barents Sea capelin Mallotus villosus and Norwegian spring-spawning herring Clupea harengus stocks on the breeding ecology (e.g. food choice, chick growth, breeding success) and numbers of seabirds in northern Norway.
* Changes in numbers and distribution of cliff-breeding seabirds in northern Norway.
* Movements of seabirds as studied through ringing.
* Adult survival of auks

I am also building up a long-term database containing the arrival dates of spring migrants in North Norway. This is in collaboration with the local branch of the Norwegian Ornithological Society.

Scientific publications

Popular science